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| Lafayette Marshall Sharp
was born on April 30, 1829 in Montgomery County; Alabama. He was
the third child of Marshall C. Sharp and Matilda McGough
Sharp.
He lived in Montgomery, amidst many Sharp relatives, until around 1840, at which time his family moved to Roxanna, in what was then Tallapoosa County, and is now Lee County. Fate, as he was called, lost his father around 1845, but his mother was able to care for the children. Fate reportedly grew up to be a handsome man, with coal black hair. He always had a light heart and loved to have fun. Some time before 1850 Fate went to work for Col. Allen Bailey, near Waverly. He later became an overseer on the plantations of both Col Willis and Mr. Peason, two of the biggest planters in Tallapoosa County. While working near Waverly, Fate had been courting Callie Brown, and he and Callie married on January 27, 1856. Over the next 3 years Fate and Callie had two sons, Will and John. Callie died suddenly on May 4, 1861.
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Lafayette Marshall Sharp Shortly after Callie's death, Fate enlisted in the Confederate Army, leaving his sons with their maternal aunts. Fate enlisted in the 47th Alabama Regiment of Infantry, and over the next several years he was involved in numerous battles, including the Battle of the Wilderness, during which he was wounded. While on furlough from the Army, after having been wounded, Fate married Mattie Jane Ware on August 4, 1864. When the war ended, Fate mustered out and returned to Good Hope, MS, where his wife, sons and mother were all living. Staying only a short time in Alabama, Fate |
and his family moved back
to Mississippi, and lived in both Leake and Scott counties over a period
of 20 years. They are shown in the 1885
Census for Educable Children.
In 1892 the family moved to Edgewood, Texas. He lived happily there for several years. Fate contracted pneumonia after exposure during a bad rain and hail storm. He lapsed into a coma, and died on February 10, 1886, Wife 1: Caroline Brown Children: Wife 2: Mattie Jane Ware Children:
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